Bowling Green State University

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – Chris Moody was 47^th among runners affiliated with a team at The 15^th Annual Br. John “Paddy” Doyle Meet of Champions Saturday and the Falcons placed 18^th out of 22 teams in the 8K event in The Bronx, New York.

Fellow Mid-American Conference member Kent Sate won the event with 59 points. Bowling Green ended up with 515 points. Eric Finan, of Cincinnati, was the top runner affiliated with a team as he finished in 25:21.60.

The complete results can be found here.

"There were a lot of highly ranked and Kent State ran a very strong race," head coach Cami Wells said. "We handled all the hills well.

"We're moving in the right direction and we're getting more consistent."

Moody, a junior from Davidsonville, Maryland, crossed the finish line with a time of 26:42.31.

Jason Salyer took 93^rd place among affiliated runners with a time of 27:43.06.

Jesse Smuda and Jeff Ehler were the next two runners to finish for the Falcons. Smuda was 118^th with a time of 28:18.51 and Ehler was 123^rd crossing the finish line in 28:35.85.

"Jeff Ehler ran one of the best races he has ever run," Wells said

Abraham Busienei (29:11.77), Ben Leininger (29:21.94) and John Bernard (30:20.02) also raced for the Falcons.

Wells was pleased with the results on such a challenging course and thinks this meet will help the team in future races.

"We're going to get some better rest and gear up for the next meet in a couple of weeks," Wells said.

Bowling-Green will be off next weekend and will compete in the All-Ohio Championships at Delaware, Ohio on Friday, October 2 at 2:45 p.m.

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